BC government approves new LNG pipeline with Terminus near Prince Rupert
BC government approves new LNG pipeline with Terminus near Prince Rupert
The BC government has approved the continuous construction of a new pipeline project that can supply natural gas to a proposed floating likaf natural gas export terminal from the northern coast of BC.
The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project is a joint venture between Nisga nation and Western LNG in Texas.
About 900 km of natural gas pipeline was originally proposed to run to Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, from the hope of Hudson in Northeastern BC, although at the beginning of the pipeline in the application Chetwind, the applications are about the Caribetat, which is about a alternative terminus point. And close to the proposed KSI LISMNS LNG export facility.
Nisga Nation and Western LNG states that the KSI Lisims project will be a floating production facility that will be able to produce 12 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year.
The affiliated pipeline comes as the approval of the United States is renewed in LNG export features as a way to diversify Canada’s energy industry away from its dependence on the United States.
The project also faces opposition from several groups, including gitanyow hereditary heads, who argue that it creates risks to the significant salmon habitat and will accelerate climate change.
The project could be forced back to the drawing board
The pipeline was first approved in 2015 under the ownership of Calgary-based TC Energy Corp, when it was now to supply the now-Radd Pacific Northwest LNG terminal made by Malaysian energy giant Petronas.
It was purchased in 2024 by Nisga’a nation and Western LNG in 2024 under its revised proposal for KSI Lisims feature.
BC government approves new LNG pipeline with Terminus near Prince Rupert
But given the long delay, the partners also had to prove that they would “start construction” or permits would be finished by the end of November 2024 and the entire proposal would have to be resumed from the beginning.
The construction began last year, and the application was submitted to the BC’s Environmental Assessment Office on November 19, 2024 – which the office has now approved.
Gitanyow oppose hereditary major project
Construction also faced protests under the leadership of gitanyow hereditary heads who blocked a forest service road Attempt to prevent construction workers from passing through their area,
Gitanyow is the stability director Tara Marsden for hereditary heads First told CBC News He is concerned with a push to approve new projects in front of the economic threats emanating from the United States, ignoring environmental concerns.
He told that western LNG Important support from Blackstone Inc.A major US asset manager whose CEO Publicly supported Trump and contributed to his campaign – Reducing any perception that the project needs to be pushed back against the US President.
However, Eva Clayton, president of the Nisga Lisims Government, has “depicted the project as an opportunity to” develop a pipeline project in its own way as an opportunity, “the nation says that the nation says that an opportunity for other first nations to play a owned role.
“Working together, and with world-agar manufacturing managers, we are confident that the project will set up a new bar for environmental protection and give up the legacy of prosperity for the entire countries of BC,” he said in a statement of August 2024.
Environmental impact, debate on economic matter
Although LNG is often known as “clean” because burning it for fuel leads to less emissions than coal or oil, this claim is disputed by some analysts because it is to produce energy and destruction.
LNG is made from natural gas, a fossil fuel is often extracted from the northeast BC and Alberta, which is through a practice called hydraulic fracturing, or fracting. This involves injecting a mixture of water, sand and chemicals in the ground to force drilling in the ground and forcing the release of oil and gas.
One of the known effects of fracting is Earthquake increaseWhich has been felt in recent years with increasing frequency in the Shanti River region of BC.
The gas is sent to the terminals through the pipeline, which cools it to about -160 C, at the point at which it can be sent abroad for use as fuel.
There have been some disputes about the actual market for LNG, many projects have been proposed and left over for years.
Currently, LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, BC is preparing its first export, and various states of various states across the province have at least five other projects including KSI Lisims in various states.
The previous edition of the project supported by Petronas was abolished in 2017 due to the fall in LNG prices.
KSI Lisims is still waiting for its final approval from the BC government.
Its supporters say that if it is approved in 2025, it can be online by 2029.
